Agara kere – Birding in green

Agara kere aka Agara Lake is a silent(in modern day, silent places are called unsafe place) place. One side its a medium size lake and other side its a farmland. The combination attracts most of the birds.

This was my second birding trip to Agara lake but I think place has lot to offer. Enjoy some of the birding around the lake. For location, please see our /place section.

Brahminy Kite in morning light

Rufous bellied babbler

Shikra – Male

White borwed bulbul

Yellow eyes babbler

Gulakamale Village – Heaven for birders

Alright bird season is picking up and in that the team has decided to visit Valley School again. But just before the valley school, we met one more troop of birders and we decided to move little further and to go “Gulakamale Village”, a beautiful lake surrounded with lot of tree, farmland and wow no. of birds.

Wire tailed Swallow

River tern

Red Munia - Male and Femae

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Juv. Purple Rumped Sunbird in paddy field

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Small Blue Kingfisher

Blue Faced Malkoha

White rumped Munia

Egret at flight

Oriental White eye

Small Green Bee Eater

Scaly Breasted Munia

Oriental Honey Buzzard at flight

Ashy Prinia just after bath

Scaly Breasted Munia - Show the true color

And a beautiful view to see

Puttenahalli Lake – Fight for nature survival

Puttenahalli Lake – A beautiful lake now crowded with multi-floored building from almost 4 sides. Usha, one of the great nature lovers is fighting high to save the lake.. and I personally believe she will, if we are going to help us as well. Some of the pictures here from lake and a mini-forest nearby.

Common Coot and the love

Shikra - Female. People have spotted it commonly there

Juv. Bronzed Winged Jacana

Through this blog, I will request more people to visit this lake and try to put a sense of importance of nature in people around.

Spotted Billed Ducks

Grebe Family

Great tit

Brahminy Kite - At flight

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Pale billed Flowerpecker

Magpie Robin

Small Minivet

Some small creatures and butterflies…

Glassy Tiger

Palmfly

Luna Moth

The Baronet

Common Four-ring

Bamboo Treebrown

Common Castor

Common Rose

Jewel Bug

My attention to write is clear. I just want to tell, there is an amazing life existing because of a small lake which people like us want to finish. So, please have little concern and have a visit of lake. Important links: More picture sets:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150412527131281.408683.569911280&type=1 (Vaibhav and Deepu)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150325638368878.355992.587058877&type=1 (Deepa)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.206795052721777.47299.100001738515620&type=1 (Sushil)

http://puttenahallilake.blogspot.com/2010/07/puttenahalli-lake-is-ready-and-waiting.html – By Usha.

Wow to Sunday – Birding at Anekal Lake

First of all, thanks to Geetanjali for showing us the path of one more treasure near Bangalore. Anekal Lake is a big lake and almost every variety of water bird is available at its edge.

Hoping to see a Post by Sushil soon.

First of all, when we reached we had the same expression .. oh same water birds, but I guess this lake give a better chance to explore water birds despite of the fact that water level was quite less.

Here goes some kingfishers, except white throated kingfisher, water is must for other two.

Common Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

White throated Kingfisher

Its a wow Lake where almost every water bird were visible. I loved to see Moorhen, Coot and Stilt. A lovely road side view to the lake, you keep on watching the birds and people will unnecessarily keep on doing “ppppp ppp pp pp ” 🙂 . Some pictures here:

Purple Moorhen

Common Coot

Black Winged Stilt

Black Winged Stilts

We saw one Moorhen and Sandpiper searching the prey very deeply into the water.

Purple Moorhen and Wood Sandpiper watching prey

Wood Sandpiper

First time shot of Jacana :). It was looking like a lovely bird, I wish to see her more closely.

Bronze Winged Jacana

Not missing the field birds too. Here goes Parakeet, Barbet, Bulbul and some fire bugs.

Rose Ringed Parakeet

Fire bugs

Red Whiskered bulbul

white cheeked Barbet

Lot of fish were died at the side of the lake, don’t know the reason but neither human nor birds were interested in that.

Died Fish

And finally the bird of prey, a majestic black kite in flight. There was lot of “Birds of Prey” every time I saw from my lens to upside, I wished to have other than black kite but .. .. ..

Black Kite

Post by Deepa is here: http://deponti.livejournal.com/804180.html